Granted Patent B1

US 9,237,422 · App. 14/215,652 · Granted Jan 12, 2016

Abstract

Claims (30)

1. A device for detecting wireless signals and locating the place of origin in a building, comprising:

a transmitter system using a cellular protocol;

a plurality of antennae that receive wireless Radio Frequency (RF) signals, each antenna having a port and one antennae is denoted as a reference antenna;

a receiving system connected to the antennae ports with a plurality of cables, converting the RF signal to voltage waveform;

a processing system in communication with the receiving system, detecting the strength of the received signals and Time Difference of Arrival of the RF signals with respect to antennae and determining the location where the wireless signals are being emitted by using classification algorithms, the processing system including preprocessing software that filters voltage signals and determines features of the voltage signals including signal strength and Time Difference of Arrival to the antennae with respect to the referenced antennae; and

a human machine interface.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the transmitter system is a modem(s) programmed through a computer to send out RF signals to provide training data sequences to the processing system.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the receiving system has four channels and samples the RF signals and converts them to voltage using aliasing and band pass filtering.

4. The device of claim 1 , further comprising communication means between the receiving system and processing system.

5. The device of claim 3 , wherein the communication means is implemented using Gigabit Ethernet.

6. The device of claim 3 , wherein the processing system consists of a computer and signal processing software.

7. The device of claim 6 , wherein the signal processing software further includes classification software.

8. The device of claim 7 , in which training data sequences are used to provide statistical information of features of voltage signal.

9. The device of claim 7 , in which a supervised classification algorithm determines the location in which usage of the wireless device occurred.

10. The device of claim 1 , in which a human machine interface sets an alarm and provides an operator with visual information of the location in which the wireless device has been used.

11. The method for detecting wireless singles and locating the place of origin in the building as set forth in claim 1 , further including the step of providing indication means implemented using Gigabit Ethernet.

12. A method for detecting wireless singles and locating the place of origin in a building, comprising the steps of:

providing a transmitter system that utilizes a cellular protocol;

providing a plurality of antennae that receive Radio Frequency (RF) signals, each antenna having a port;

placing the antennae at different locations spread throughout the building;

providing a receiving system connected to the antennae ports;

converting the RF signal to voltage waveform;

providing a processing system in communication with the receiving system;

detecting the strength of the received signals and Time Difference of Arrival of the RF signals with respect to the antennae;

determining the location where the wireless signals are being omitted by utilizing classification algorithms;

providing signal processing software including preprocessing software, filtering voltage signals through the preprocessing software, and determining features of voltage signals including signal strength and Time Difference of Arrival to the antennae with respect to a referenced antennae; and

providing a human machine interface.

13. The method for detecting wireless signals and locating the place of origin in the building as set forth in claim 12 , wherein the transmitter system is a modem(s) programmed through a computer, and further including the step of sending out RF signals to provide training data sequences to the processing system.

14. The method for detecting wireless singles and locating the place of origin in the building as set forth in claim 12 , including the step of denoting one of the antennae as a reference antenna.

15. The method for detecting wireless singles and locating the place of origin in the building as set forth in claim 12 , including the steps of providing four channels on the receiving system, and sampling the RF signals and converting the RF signals to voltage using aliasing and band pass filtering.

Assignments (10)